HPE Vertica Analytic Database Software Version: 7.2.x Document Release Date: 2/4/2016
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Contents Vertica Server and Vertica Management Console 5 Supported Operating Systems and Operating System Versions 5 Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 CentOS 5 SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 6 Oracle Enterprise Linux 6 6 Debian Linux 6 Ubuntu 6 Supported Browsers for Vertica Management Console 7 Vertica Server and Management Console Compatibility 7 Vertica 7.2.x Client Drivers 8 ADO.NET Driver 8 JDBC Driver 9 ODBC Driver 10 Vertica Analytic Database Driver/Server Compatibility 12 vsql Client 12 Perl and Python Requirements 14 Perl 14 Python 14 Vertica SDKs 15 C++ SDK 15 Java SDK 15 R Language Pack 15 Vertica Integrations for Hadoop 16 Packs, Plug-Ins, and Connectors for Vertica Client Machines 18 Informatica PowerCenter Plug-In 18 Vertica on Amazon Web Services 19 Vertica in a Virtualized Environment 20 Send Documentation Feedback 22 HPE Vertica Analytic Database (7.2.x) Page 3 of 22
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Vertica Server and Vertica Management Console Vertica Server and Vertica Management Console Supported Operating Systems and Operating System Versions Hewlett Packard Enterprise supports Vertica Analytic Database 7.2.x running on the following 64-bit operating systems and versions on x86_x64 architecture. Important: This document reflects what has been tested with Vertica Analytic Database 7.2.x. Be aware that operating system vendors and communities release updates and patches for all versions of their operating systems on their own schedules. Such updates to these operating systems may or may not coincide with the release schedule for Vertica. While other versions of the operating systems listed may have been successfully deployed by customers in their environments, stability and performance of these configurations may vary. If you choose to run Vertica on an operating system version not listed in this document and experience an issue, the Vertica Support team may ask you to reproduce the issue using one of the configurations described in this document to aid in troubleshooting. Depending on the details of the case, the Support team may also ask you to enter a support ticket with your operating system vendor. Red Hat Enterprise Linux All versions starting at 6.0 up to and including 6.7 Version 7.0 Important: You cannot perform an in-place upgrade of your current Vertica Analytic Database from Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.0 6.7 to Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.0. For information how to upgrade to Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.0, see the Migration Guide for Red Hat 7/CentOS 7. CentOS All versions starting at 6.0 up to and including 6.7 Version 7.0 Important: You cannot perform an in-place upgrade of your current Vertica Analytic Database from CentOS 6.0 6.7 to CentOS 7.0. For information on how to upgrade to CentOS 7.0, see the Migration Guide for Red Hat 7/CentOS 7. HPE Vertica Analytic Database (7.2.x) Page 5 of 22
Vertica Server and Vertica Management Console SUSE Linux Enterprise Server All versions starting at 11.0 up to and including 11.0 SP3. Oracle Enterprise Linux 6 Red Hat Compatible Kernel only - Vertica is not supported on the unbreakable kernel (kernels with a uel suffix). Debian Linux All versions starting at 7.0 up to and including 7.7. Ubuntu Version 12.04 LTS Version 14.04 LTS When there are multiple minor versions supported for a major operating system release, Hewlett Packard Enterprise recommends that you run Vertica on the latest minor version listed in the supported versions list. For example, if you run Vertica on the Debian Linux 7.0 major release, Hewlett Packard Enterprise recommends you use version 7.7. However, for both Red Hat Enterprise Linux and CentOS, Hewlett Packard Enterprise recommends using any of the following versions for the 6.0 major release: 6.5, 6.6, or 6.7 Supported File Systems Vertica Analytic Database Enterprise Edition has been tested on all supported Linux platforms running ext3 or ext4 file systems. For the Vertica Analytic Database I/O profile, the ext4 file system is considerably faster than ext3. While other file systems have been successfully deployed by some customers, Vertica Analytic Database cannot guarantee performance or stability of the product on these file systems. In certain support situations, you may be asked to migrate off of these unsupported file systems to help you troubleshoot or fix an issue. In particular, several file corruption issues have been linked to the use of XFS with Vertica; Hewlett Packard Enterprise strongly recommends not using it in production. Important: Vertica Analytic Database 7.2.x does not support Linux Logical Volume Manager (LVM). HPE Vertica Analytic Database (7.2.x) Page 6 of 22
Vertica Server and Vertica Management Console Supported Browsers for Vertica Management Console Vertica Analytic Database 7.2.x Management Console is supported on the following web browsers: Internet Explorer 10 and later Firefox 31 and later Google Chrome 38 and later Vertica Server and Management Console Compatibility Each version of Vertica Analytic Database Management Console is compatible only with the matching version of the Vertica Analytic Database server. For example, the Vertica Analytic Database 7.1 server is supported with Vertica Analytic Database 7.1 Management Console only. HPE Vertica Analytic Database (7.2.x) Page 7 of 22
Vertica 7.2.x Client Drivers Vertica 7.2.x Client Drivers Vertica provides JDBC, ODBC, OLE DB, and ADO.NET client drivers. You can choose to download: Linux and UNIX-like platforms ODBC client driver, client RPM, and vsql client. See Installing the Client Drivers on Linux and UNIX-Like Platforms. Windows platforms ODBC, ADO.NET, and OLE DB client drivers, the vsql client, the Microsoft Connectivity Pack, and the Visual Studio plug-in. See Installing the Client Drivers and Tools on Windows. Mac OS X platforms ODBC client driver and vsql client. See Installing the Client Drivers on Mac OS X. The cross-platform JDBC client driver.jar file available for installation on all platforms. See Vertica Driver/Server compatibility to see which server versions are compatible with Vertica 6.1.x drivers. ADO.NET Driver The ADO.NET driver is supported on the following platforms: Platform Processor Supported Versions Microsoft Windows x86 (32-bit) Windows 7 Windows 8 Windows 10.NET Requirements Microsoft.NET Framework 3.5 SP1 or later Microsoft Windows x64 (64-bit) Windows 7 Windows 8 Windows 10 Microsoft Windows Server Microsoft Windows Server x86 (32-bit) 2008 2008 R2 x64 (64-bit) 2008 2008 R2 2012 HPE Vertica Analytic Database (7.2.x) Page 8 of 22
Vertica 7.2.x Client Drivers JDBC Driver All JDBC drivers are supported on any Java 5-compliant platform. (Java 5 is the minimum.) HPE Vertica Analytic Database (7.2.x) Page 9 of 22
Vertica 7.2.x Client Drivers ODBC Driver Vertica Analytic Database provides both 32-bit and 64-bit ODBC drivers. Vertica 7.2.x ODBC drivers are supported on the following platforms: Platform Processor Supported Versions Microsoft Windows x86 (32-bit) Windows 7 Windows 8 Windows 10 Driver Manager Microsoft ODBC MDAC 2.8 Microsoft Windows x64 (64-bit) Windows 7 Windows 8 Windows 10 Microsoft Windows Server Microsoft Windows Server Red Hat Enterprise Linux SUSE Linux Enterprise Oracle Enterprise Linux (Red Hat Compatible Kernel only) x86 (32-bit) 2008 2008 R2 x64 (64-bit) 2008 2008 R2 2012 x86_64 6 and 7 iodbc 3.52.6 or later x86_64 11 x86_64 6 unixodbc 2.3.0 or later DataDirect 5.3 and 6.1 or later CentOS x86_64 6 and 7 Ubuntu x86_64 12.04 LTS 14.04 LTS AIX PowerPC 5.3 and 6.1 iodbc 3.52.6 or later HPE Vertica Analytic Database (7.2.x) Page 10 of 22
Vertica 7.2.x Client Drivers Platform Processor Supported Versions Driver Manager unixodbc 2.3.0 or later DataDirect 5.3 and 6.1 or later HP-UX IA-64 11i V3 iodbc 3.52.6 or later Solaris SPARC 10 Mac OS X x86_64 10.7, 10.8, and 10.9 unixodbc 2.3.0 or later DataDirect 5.3 and 6.1 or later HPE Vertica Analytic Database (7.2.x) Page 11 of 22
Vertica 7.2.x Client Drivers Vertica Analytic Database Driver/Server Compatibility The following table indicates the Vertica Analytic Database driver versions that are supported by different Vertica Analytic Database server versions. Note: SHA password security is supported on client driver and server versions 7.1.x and later. Client Driver Version 6.1.x 7.0.x 7.1.x 7.2.x Compatible Server Versions 6.1.x, 7.0.x, 7.1.x, 7.2.x 7.0.x, 7.1.x, 7.2.x 7.1.x, 7.2.x 7.2.x vsql Client The Vertica vsql client is included in all client packages; it is not available for download separately. The vsql client is supported on the following platforms: Operating System Microsoft Windows Processor x86, x64 Windows 2008 & 2008 R2, all variants Windows 2012, all variants Windows 7, all variants Windows 8.*, all variants Windows 10 Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 SUSE Linux Enterprise 11 Oracle Enterprise Linux 6 (Red Hat Compatible Kernel only) x86, x64 x86, x64 x86, x64 x86, x64 HPE Vertica Analytic Database (7.2.x) Page 12 of 22
Vertica 7.2.x Client Drivers Operating System CentOS 6 CentOS 7 Ubuntu 12.04LTS Solaris 10 AIX 5.3, 6.1 HPUX 11i V3 Mac OS X 10.7, 10.8, 10.9 Processor x86, x64 x86, x64 x86, x64 x86, x64, SPARC PowerPC IA32, IA64 x86, x64 HPE Vertica Analytic Database (7.2.x) Page 13 of 22
Perl and Python Requirements Perl and Python Requirements You can use Vertica's ODBC driver to connect applications written in Perl or Python to the Vertica Analytic Database. Perl To use Perl with Vertica, you must install the Perl driver modules (DBI and DBD::ODBC) and a Vertica ODBC driver on the machine where Perl is installed. The following table lists the Perl versions supported with Vertica 7.2.x. Perl Version Perl Driver Modules ODBC Requirements 5.8 5.10 DBI driver version 1.609 DBD::ODBC version 1.22 See Vertica 7.2.x Client Drivers. Python To use Python with Vertica, you must install the pyodbc module and a Vertica ODBC driver on the machine where Python is installed. The following table lists the Python versions supported with Vertica 7.2.x: Python Version Python Driver Module ODBC Requirements 2.4.6 pyodbc 2.1.6 See Vertica 7.2.x Client Drivers. 2.7.3 pyodbc 3.0.6 3.3.4 pyodbc 3.0.7 HPE Vertica Analytic Database (7.2.x) Page 14 of 22
Vertica SDKs Vertica SDKs This section details software requirements for running User Defined Extensions (UDxs) developed using the Vertica SDKs. C++ SDK The Vertica cluster does not have any special requirements for running UDXs written in C++. Java SDK Your Vertica cluster must have a Java runtime installed to run UDxs developed using the Vertica Java SDK. HPE has tested the following Java Runtime Environments (JREs) with this version of the Vertica Java SDK: Oracle Java Platform Standard Edition 6 (version number 1.6) Oracle Java Platform Standard Edition 7 (version number 1.7) OpenJDK 6 (version number 1.6) OpenJDK 7 (version number 1.7) R Language Pack The Vertica R Language Pack provides version 3.0.0 of the R runtime and associated libraries for interfacing with Vertica. You install the R Language Pack on the Vertica server. HPE Vertica Analytic Database (7.2.x) Page 15 of 22
Vertica Integrations for Hadoop Vertica Integrations for Hadoop Vertica 7.2.x is supported with these Hadoop distributions: Distribution Version Cloudera (CDH) 5.2 5.3 5.4 5.5 HortonWorks Data Platform (HDP) 2.2 and 2.3 MapR 3.1.1 Vertica Connector for Hadoop MapReduce HP provides a module specific to Hadoop for Vertica client machines. Vertica provides two different Connectors: one for Apache Hadoop 1.0.0 and earlier versions, and the other for Apache Hadoop 2.0.0. The table below details supported software versions 4.0 Apache Hadoop and Pig Combinations Cloudera Distribution Versions Hortonworks Data Platform Versions Vertica Connector for Apache Hadoop MapReduce for Hadoop 1.0.0 and earlier Apache Hadoop 0.20.2 and Pig 0.7.0 Apache Hadoop 0.20.205.0 and Pig 0.9.1 Apache Hadoop 1.0.0 and Pig 0.9.2 Cloudera Distribution Including Apache Hadoop (CDH) 3 Hortonworks Data Platform (HDP) 1.1.1 Vertica Connector for Apache Hadoop MapReduce for Hadoop 2.0.0 Apache Hadoop 2.0.0 and Pig 0.10.0 Cloudera Distribution Including Apache Hadoop (CDH) 4 N/A HPE Vertica Analytic Database (7.2.x) Page 16 of 22
Vertica Integrations for Hadoop MapR MapR M5 Edition N/A HPE Vertica Analytic Database (7.2.x) Page 17 of 22
Packs, Plug-Ins, and Connectors for Vertica Client Machines Packs, Plug-Ins, and Connectors for Vertica Client Machines HPE provides the following optional module for Vertica client machines. Informatica PowerCenter Plug-In The Vertica plug-in for Informatica PowerCenter is supported on the following platforms: Plug-in Version Operating System Informatica PowerCenter Versions Vertica Versions 7.x Microsoft Windows Windows 2003 & 2003 R2 all variants Windows 2008 & 2008 R2 all variants 9.x 6.x (limited functionality) 7.x (all enhancements) Windows 7 all variants Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 (32 and 64 bit) Solaris AIX HP-UX HPE Vertica Analytic Database (7.2.x) Page 18 of 22
Vertica on Amazon Web Services Vertica on Amazon Web Services HPE provides a preconfigured AMI for users who want to run Vertica Analytic Database on Amazon Web Services (AWS). This HP-supplied AMI allows users to configure their own storage and has been configured for and tested on AWS. This AMI is the officially supported version of Vertica Analytic Database for AWS. Note that HPE develops AMIs for vertica on a slightly different schedule than our product release schedule. Therefore, AMIs will be available for Vertica releases sometime following the initial release of Vertica software. HPE Vertica Analytic Database (7.2.x) Page 19 of 22
Vertica in a Virtualized Environment Vertica in a Virtualized Environment Vertica runs in the following virtualization environment: Host VMware version 5.5 The number of virtual machines per host did not exceed the number of physical processors CPU frequency scaling turned off at the host level and for each virtual machine VMware parameters for hugepages set at version. 5.5 defaults Input/Output Measured by vioperf concurrently on all Vertica nodes. When running vioperf, provide the duration=2min option and start on all nodes concurrently 25 megabytes per second per core of write 20+20 megabytes per second per core of rewrite 40 megabytes per second per core of read 150 seeks per second of latency (SkipRead) Thick provisioned disk, or pass-through-storage Network Dedicated 10G NIC for each Virtual Machine No oversubscription at the switch layer, verified with vnetperf Processor Architecture of Sandy Bridge (HP Gen8 or higher) 8 or more virtual cores per virtual machine HPE Vertica Analytic Database (7.2.x) Page 20 of 22
Vertica in a Virtualized Environment No oversubscription vcpuperf time of no more than 12 seconds ( ~= 2.2 GHz clock speed) Memory Pre-allocate and reserve memory for the VM 4G per virtual core of the virtual machines Hewlett Packard Enterprise has tested the configuration above. While other virtualization configurations may have been successfully deployed by customers in development environments, performance of these configurations may vary. If you choose to run Vertica on a different virtualization configuration and experience an issue, the Vertica Support team may ask you to reproduce the issue using the configuration described above, or in a bare-metal environment, to aid in troubleshooting. Depending on the details of the case, the Support team may also ask you to enter a support ticket with your virtualization vendor. HPE Vertica Analytic Database (7.2.x) Page 21 of 22
Send Documentation Feedback If you have comments about this document, you can contact the documentation team by email. If an email client is configured on this system, click the link above and an email window opens with the following information in the subject line: Feedback on Supported Platforms (Vertica Analytic Database 7.2.x) Just add your feedback to the email and click send. If no email client is available, copy the information above to a new message in a web mail client, and send your feedback to vertica-docfeedback@hpe.com. We appreciate your feedback! HPE Vertica Analytic Database (7.2.x) Page 22 of 22